Ghanaians Advised Not To Interfere In Togo Affairs

The Deputy Minister of the Interior, Captain Nkrabea Effah-Dartey (retd), on Friday asked communities along the Ghana-Togo border to avoid actions that could be termed as interference in the political process going on in Togo.

He said they would be putting themselves at great risk, if they reacted in any uncomplimentary way to political events happening across the frontier.

Captain Effah-Dartey said this when he and Mr Joseph Nayan, Deputy Volta Regional Minster, paid a visit to Aflao, to assess the situation along the frontier in view of the troubled political situation in Togo.

His entourage also included Dr K.K. Marfo, Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Operations), officials of the UN Refugee Agency, Mr Linus Koffie, Ketu District Chief Executive (DCE) and commanders of security agencies in Aflao.

The entourage visited the three people, two girls and a man, on admission at the Aflao District Hospital, because of injuries sustained when Togolese soldiers on patrol fired shots across the frontier into a crowd of Ghanaians, for allegedly hooting at them.

The team also visited the beats and pillars, the demarcating points along the frontier, and interacted with both Ghanaian and Togolese security personnel and some members of the Ghanaian community.

"Try and live in peace with the Togolese, including the military, avoid hooting at them," Capt. Effah-Dartey advised the Ghanaians.

He also appealed to Togolese security officers working along the frontier not to overreact in their dealings with Ghanaian civilians but to report all grievances to inter-sectoral and governmental agencies for settlement.